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Backup

After successful autonomous test flights and before shipping, back up all critical UAV data.

Backup Checklist​

  1. Data & software backup — flight sessions, PX4 parameters, Docker image
  2. Firmware backup — NUC/Jetson firmware, Pixhawk, router config
  3. Disk backup — full SSD image via Clonezilla or dd
  4. Physical properties — record physical UAV properties

Final Google Drive Structure​

Once all steps are complete, your project folder in Google Drive should look like this:

project_name/
├── Firmware Backup/
│   ├── NVIDIA/NUC Firmware/
│   │   ├── Jetson_Linux_R<version>_aarch64.tbz2
│   │   └── Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R<version>_aarch64.tbz2
│   ├── Pixhawk/
│   │   └── px4.params
│   ├── Router/
│   │   └── router_config_backup.bin
│   ├── Sessions/
│   │   ├── outdoor/
│   │   │   └── ...(session files)
│   │   ├── development/
│   │   │   └── ...(session files)
│   │   └── docker_image.tar.gz
│   └── SSD/
│       ├── README.md (restore instructions)
│       └── backup_image.img.gz
├── Flight Logs/
│   ├── computer/
│   │   └── <session_name>/
|   |       └── YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM/
|   |           ├── terminal/
|   |           │   ├── 0_0_core.log
|   |           │   ├── 0_1_hw_api.log
|   |           │   └── ...(other mrs pane logs)
|   |           ├── rosbag2_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS/
|   |           |   ├── metadata.yaml
|   |           |   └── rosbag2_0_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.mcap
|   |           └── ...(other session files)
│   ├── px4/
│   │   ├── log_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.ulg
│   │   └── ...(other .ulg files)
...(other project folders)